International Infection Control Resources

Guidance

Environmental Cleaning in Global Healthcare Settings
Learn best practices for cleaning in global healthcare settings.
Core Elements of Human Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Resource-Limited Settings
Priorities for implementing the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship in resource-limited settings...
Operational Considerations for Containing COVID-19 in non-US Healthcare Settings
Find guidance for infection prevention and control (IPC) for non-US health facilities, and strategic...

Tools

Lab Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Testing Capacity (LAARC) Toolkit
An assessment for clinical bacteriology laboratories to identify practices that contribute to inaccu...
Environmental Cleaning in Global Healthcare Settings
Learn best practices for cleaning in global healthcare settings.

Trainings

Infection Prevention and Control Online Training
Infection Prevention and Control in the Context of COVID-19 Online Training
IPC for COVID-19: WHO Global Webinar Series

Global Action in Healthcare Network - Healthcare Associated Infections Module (GAIHN-HAI) Resources

Forums

Genomic Sequencing and Epidemiologic Surveillance in Healthcare Facilities - February/March 2024

Global Action in Healthcare Network - Antimicrobial Resistance Module (GAIHN-AR) Resources

About GAIHN-AR resources‎

All guidance and tools provided in this section are intended for global healthcare settings participating in GAIHN-AR.

All GAIHN-AR resources were created in collaboration with CDC's Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch.

If you have questions about the documents and trainings listed here or if you would like access to tools referenced in the guidance documents, please email us at IICB@cdc.gov.

GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Containment Activities
GAIHN-AR Core Principles
A framework to establish GAIHN-AR as a global network with sites implementing harmonized strategies...
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GAIHN-AR Interim Laboratory Guidance for Clinical Culture of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales
GAIHN-AR Interim Laboratory Guidance for Clinical Culture of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales
Expectations for GAIHN-AR laboratories testing clinical culture isolates.
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GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Containment Activities
GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Containment Activities
Guidance for GAIHN-AR partners summarizing suggested containment activities in response to laborator...
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GAIHN-AR_Prevention_Colonization Screening
GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Prevention Activities: Colonization Screening
Guidance for GAIHN-AR partners on the role and considerations for colonization screening surveillanc...
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GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Prevention Activities: Infection Prevention and Control
GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Prevention Activities: Infection Prevention and Control
Guidance for GAIHN-AR partners on infection prevention and control activities to reduce the spread o...
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Principios básicos de la GAIHN-AR
Principios básicos de la GAIHN-AR
Un marco para establecer a la GAIHN-AR como una red global con sitios que implementen estrategias ar...
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Guía provisional para actividades de contención de la GAIHN-AR.
Guía provisional para actividades de contención de la GAIHN-AR
Una guía provisional que resume actividades de contención sugeridas después de la identificación en...
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Guía provisional para laboratorios sobre el cultivo clínico de Enterobacterales resistentes a los carbapenémicos de la GAIHN-AR
Guía provisional para laboratorios sobre el cultivo clínico de Enterobacterales resistentes a los carbapenémicos de la GAIHN-AR
Las expectativas para la realización de pruebas de los laboratorios de la GAIHN-AR de cepas aisladas...
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GAIHN-AR - Guía provisional para actividades de prevención: prevención y control de infecciones (PCI)
GAIHN-AR - Guía provisional para actividades de prevención: prevención y control de infecciones (PCI)
Una guía enfocada en las actividades de PCI, para reducir la propagación de organismos resistentes a...
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GAIHN-AR: Pruebas de colonización
Guía provisional para actividades de prevención de la GAIHN-AR: Pruebas de colonización
Una guía provisional que revisa el papel de la vigilancia de pruebas de colonización y las considera...
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This webinar addresses implementation of the GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Prevention Activities: Infection Prevention and Control.

GAIHN-AR Prevention Webinar - Amharic
GAIHN-AR Prevention Webinar - English
GAIHN-AR Prevention Webinar - Greek
GAIHN-AR Prevention Webinar - Spanish

This webinar addresses implementation of the GAIHN-AR Interim Laboratory Guidance for Clinical Culture of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales.

GAIHN-AR Detection Webinar - Amharic
GAIHN-AR Detection Webinar - English
GAIHN-AR Detection Webinar - Greek
GAIHN-AR Detection Webinar - Spanish

This webinar addresses implementation of the GAIHN-AR Interim Guidance for Prevention Activities: Colonization Screening and portions of the GAIHN-AR Interim Laboratory Guidance for Colonization Screening for Carbapenem-resistant Organisms.

GAIHN-AR Prevention Colonization Screening Webinar - Amharic
GAIHN-AR Prevention Colonization Screening Webinar - English
GAIHN-AR Prevention Colonization Screening Webinar - Greek
GAIHN-AR Prevention Colonization Screening Webinar - Portuguese
GAIHN-AR Prevention Colonization Screening Webinar - Spanish

Additional Global Resources

WHO Infection Prevention and Control
WHO Antimicrobial Resistance
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